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Niclas HERBST

Germany Germany EPP – European People's Party Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands

Niclas HERBST is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Niclas has submitted 285 amendments, delivered 17 speeches, authored 3 reports as rapporteur and 2 as shadow rapporteur, asked 13 questions, and filed 5 motions. Vote participation stands at 95.9% (5685 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 285 811.1 -526 584th/743 69th/100 149th/193
Speeches 17 44.4 -27 589th/743 71st/100 134th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 3 0.8 +2 43rd/743 5th/100 18th/193
Reports (Shadow) 2 3.8 -2 370th/743 49th/100 45th/193
Questions 13 39.7 -27 565th/743 63rd/100 116th/193
Motions 5 19.6 -15 323rd/743 31st/100 76th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 2 0.6 +1 39th/743 8th/100 14th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 53rd/100 97th/193
Explanations of Vote 4 43.0 -39 264th/743 25th/100 56th/193
Vote Participation 95.9% 86.3% – 154th/745 20th/101 43rd/193

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member PECH – Committee on Fisheries
Substitute CONT – Committee on Budgetary Control
Member SEDE – Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Substitute BUDG – Committee on Budgets

Delegations

Member DACP – Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Member DAFR – Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly
Member D-IL – Delegation for relations with Israel

Other Germany MEPs All Germany MEPs →

Moritz KÖRNER798 am Nela RIEHL277 am Niels GEUKING677 am Norbert HERHAMMER0 am Norbert LINS1,131 am

Other EPP MEPs All EPP MEPs →

Monika HOHLMEIER888 am Nadine MORANO437 am Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE335 am Niels Flemming HANSEN458 am Niels GEUKING677 am
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Committees and delegations

Niclas HERBST holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Budgets (BUDG): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 12 of 44 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT): Substitute, since 2026-02-09. Attended 36 of 42 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Fisheries (PECH): Member, since 2026-03-11. Attended 9 of 29 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 24 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Israel (D-IL): Member, since 2026-05-20
  • Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DAFR): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2025-04-23 A10-0074/2025 REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section III – Commission, executive agencies and the ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds (CONT)
  • 2024-11-20 A10-0014/2024 REPORT on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure
  • 2024-10-15 A10-0008/2024 REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 (BUDG)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-04-23 A10-0121/2026 REPORT on the multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (PECH)
  • 2026-03-30 A10-0081/2026 REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament (CONT)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-09-04 CONT_AL(2025)776807 Opinion on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections (CONT)
  • 2025-02-18 CONT_AL(2025)768248 Opinion on Guidelines for the 2026 Budget – Section III (CONT)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Niclas HERBST has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0227(COD): 106 amendments, latest 2026-05-26 (AFET)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Global Europe
  • 2024/2127(INI): 69 amendments, latest 2025-11-19 (PECH)
    EP document title: REPORT on the multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward
  • 2025/2146(DEC): 34 amendments, latest 2026-01-28 (CONT)
    EP document title: REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament
  • 2024/2051(INI): 30 amendments, latest 2025-02-24 (BUDG)
    EP document title: REPORT on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
  • 2024/2024(DEC): 9 amendments, latest 2025-02-11 (CONT)
    EP document title: REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section X – European External Action Service

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

All 13, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-06-24 Timeline and scope of the forthcoming simplification package on fisheries legislation to support the competitiveness of the EU fleet (E-10-2026-002596)
  • 2026-04-10 EU support for the Cormorant Management Advisory Group (E-10-2026-001478)
  • 2026-01-14 Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production (E-10-2026-000120)
  • 2025-12-05 Interference by Hamas in the activities of EU-funded non-governmental organisations (E-10-2025-004832)
  • 2025-11-26 EU funding for MIFTAH despite its dissemination of antisemitic allegations and its denial of the atrocities of 7 October 2023 (E-10-2025-004690)
  • 2025-09-28 River passability and implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in Germany (E-10-2025-003758)
  • 2025-09-08 Response to antisemitic and anti-Israeli actions (E-10-2025-003469)
  • 2025-05-22 EU funding of the Palestinian Authority (E-10-2025-002057)
  • 2025-05-16 Reported military use of the EU-funded Gaza European Hospital by Hamas (E-10-2025-001978)
  • 2025-02-06 The role of the EU in protecting minority rights (E-10-2025-000549)
  • 2024-12-21 Burden of mainstreaming efforts in the Commission and Member States (E-10-2024-003080)
  • 2024-10-14 Scrutiny of EU funding for a university that promotes antisemitism (E-10-2024-002065)
  • 2024-10-11 EU financing of EFI – glorification by EFI board members of the atrocities of 7 October 2023 (E-10-2024-002022)

Motions for resolutions

All 5, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
  • 2025-12-16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania
  • 2025-12-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania (B-10-2025-0571)
  • 2024-09-18 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
  • 2024-09-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (B-10-2024-0036)

Written explanations of vote

All 4, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
  • European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’
  • Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Niclas HERBST set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party group and of the Members from Germany. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanEPP meanGermany mean
Amendments285811.1 (lower)732.9 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches1744.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)30.8 (higher)1.0 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)23.8 (lower)1.5 (higher)3.8 (lower)
Questions1339.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)27.2 (lower)
Motions519.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)20.6 (higher)0.7 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote443.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation95.9%86.3% (higher)86.1% (higher)87.7% (higher)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.